Wild Life

This post is actually about wildlife, but I thought I’d break the word into two as my life is pretty wild at times.

My English niece arrived on the weekend for a visit so I thought I’d introduce her to some of my animal friends. I tried to take a selfie with a couple of naughty Rainbow Lorikeets but they kept photo-bombing my phone.

Mr Crocodile was happy to see us – but you should never get this close unless this bad-ass is behind a fence.

We stumbled across this beautiful albino Kookaburra – who knew only too well how absolutely beautiful it was next to its normal cousin!

Then this Pademelon who was quietly grazing near two King Parrots

The Bee-eaters (Merops ornatus) were out in force when I got home so I got a couple of shots of these gorgeous birds. The photos don’t do their colours justice.

The sugar cane cutting season has started so it’s been busy around my neck of the woods. I’ve been doing a bit of writing – enough to keep me out of trouble anyway 🙂

Love the photo-bombs. Lorikeets seem to love sitting on shoulders. I remember one alighting on hubby when we were in Cairns. Such a gorgeous albino Kookaburra! I didn’t know there were such things. Sugarcane cutting season already? Be sure to get some photos, won’t you? Enjoy showing your niece around. 🙂 xx

She had a load of fun, Jacqui. Her mother told her to stay away from the crocodiles because they’ve been particularly bad this year, but I couldn’t resist taking her to a ‘safe spot’ to see one – she was blown away! It’s a great place to live 😀

LOL, I’d love to say – yes that’s my croc, he’s in the backyard and I feed him – but he’s not my croc, Luanne. He’s a monster at 14 feet long and one to keep very clear of. He is in a wildlife park. I think if I walked out and saw him in my yard I would break the land-speed record trying to get away from him 😀

Wild life and wildlife… I get that. Yesterday in the kitchen I watched a Daddy Long Legs devouring a noisy & unhappy bug, last night the roof geckos in the wall vents almost drowned out the TV with their whirring & chirping thrilled that the woodfire was lit, and the birds… we’re resident in their neighbourhood, not the other way ’round. I found a finch in the living room on the curtain rail the other morning… he’d followed his buddy the G.O. into the house. I haven’t attempted a selfie with any of them yet, and never with a croc ☺

Ahhh – life in the country is never boring, Dale 😀 Finches in the house tend to make a bit of a mess, but they’re very cute. I didn’t think you had geckos that far south of us, I’ve learned something new! 😀

LOL – photo bombing parrots, I love it! I adore the way you engage with ‘wildlife’ in such a direct way, like every bird and beast you meet has a name, a personality, a history, a family…which of course they do! Those bee-eaters are just stunning 🙂 Thanks for sharing these beautiful pics. Love, Harula xxx

LOL – what a wonderful name to give you! I had the most amazing experience with some young calves yesterday. I stood really still, inwardly inviting them to come closer, and one did and let me rub it’s for head and scratch it behind the ears. It was incredible! H xx

I love the bee eaters. We saw them in many places on our road trip. They’re not easy to photograph so you’ve done a great job. As for Mr Croc…I’d be steering clear of that toothy smile. Crocs give me the creeps.

Crocs aren’t something I take lightly either. There is a place near the farm where I won’t fish anymore because I saw a croc there. Avoid at all costs I say – unless they are in a wildlife exhibit behind a good sturdy fence 😉

We lived in Darwin for over two years. The day we arrived the big news was all about two fishermen who were camping on the beach and woke up to find a huge croc dragging their dinghy down the sand to the water. That was enough for me!

I will be over your way again very soon. My sister’s garden has become a favourite haunt for pythons. I suppose pythons are a better deal than crocs! I would love to see a pademelon. You will know the story of the NZ woman who was taken by a crocodile recently……no wonder your niece’s mother was feeling anxious.

The croc is very neat. I remember the first time I saw one and thought it was dead because it was so still – but don’t be fooled, they can move very fast indeed 😉 I’m so glad you like the photos, Kate 😀

I’m still terrified by the crocs, Allen – and I used to work in a crocodile farm where I would hold the baby crocs for tourists to get pictures 😉 I have great respect for them (translated to – I keep a big distance or a strong fence between myself and the adults) 😉 The animals here are beautiful and colourful. Although those two Rainbow Lorikeets were keen to nip me and I’m not sure why! Naughty birds 😀

Love the friendly and cheeky lorikeets Dianne. and that albino kookaburra is very unique. Where did you see him? Hope the storms have not damaged the sugarcane crop. It was devastated in NSW. We missed the worst of the storm in my corner of GC but was pleased to have the rain and so was the garden.

All the birds Down Under are so colourful (with the exception of your albino kookaburra, of course)! I also recall them being quite a bit louder than North American birds (but then, so are a lot of the Aussie people, so perhaps the birds need to compensate for that in order to be heard, lol).

I always wonder if animals have hierarchies based on colour the way humans do.

I’m so glad you liked it. A pademelon looks like a small kangaroo – I didn’t know they existed either until I saw one (and thought it was a kangaroo) LOL 😉 The last bird is awesome – one day I’ll take a photo of it flying so you can see the wing colour 😀

Dianne that croc is amazing do you have to teach the pets not to go near it? I am in love with the albino Kookaburra what a stunning find. Your back yard is rich in the diversity that the Australian bush has to offer, I am blown away by the amount of different animals and birds live near you and a little bit envious too.